Modern World History Chapter 5 Test – Flashcards
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Charles V
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This Spanish monarch controlled Spain, American colonies, parts of Italy, lands in Austra, Spanish Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire in the mid-1500s.
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Peace of Augsburg
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This allowed German Luther princes to choose their own religion.
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Reconquista
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This was the campaign to drive Muslims out of Spain by the Catholic monarch.
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Escorial
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Philip IIs huge grey granite palace
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Cervantes
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He wrote the first novel, Don Quixote
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Absolute Monarchs
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Kings or queens who held all the power within their states boundaries
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Devine right
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The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as Gods representative on earth
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Hapsburg
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This catholic dynasty controlled Austria. They built a stron, cenralized gov ernment unlike mos countries in Europe.
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Thirty Year
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This war devasted Germany, 4 million people died
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Maria Theresa
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Daughter of Charles IV, she ruled the Hapsburg Empire
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Hohenzollerns
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This was Prussia's ruling family
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Junkers
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This term refers to Prussias landowning nobility
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Ivan
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He ruled by terror, even to the point of killing his eldest son after an argument
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Boyers
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This term refers to Russias landowning nobility
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Czar
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This is the Russian title based on the term Caesar
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Anastasia
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She was teh wife of the terrible Russian leader. He blamed her death on his enemies.
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Peter
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He was not only "great" but he was smart, tall, ferocious, and forward thinking.
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James
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He was the King when a new Bible translation occured
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Restoration Act
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This document said that the king was not above the law. Charles the I signed it but ignored it.
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Cavaliers
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These wer the loyalists who supported King Charles
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Roundheads
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These were Puritan supporters of Parliament
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Cronwell
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He was the Puritan General that tried to abolish the monarchy and act as a military dictator
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habeas corpus
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Legal principle that says the government must show just cause to imprison someone
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Whigs
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These people opposed the Catholic, King James
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Glorious
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This bloodless revolution brought William and Mary to the British throne.
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Huguenots
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French Protestants who battled Catholics in the late 1500s
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Henry of Navarre
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He was robust, atheltic, and handsome. He married Catherine de Medicis daughter and later became the first king of the Bourbon dynasty. He converted to Catholicism.
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Edict of Nantes
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This was a declarationof religious tolerance in France in 1598
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Richelieu
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Even though Louis XIII was monarch, this cardinal controlled government, strengthened the catholic manarchy at the expese of the huguenots
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skepticism
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The idea that nothing can really ever be known for certain.
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Mazarin
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He was the main advisor to Louis XIV of France. He ended the thirty year war but incrased taxes
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Intendants
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Government agents who collected taxes and administered justice
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Jean Baptiste Colbert
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As Louis XIV's minister of finance, he believed in mercantilism.
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Versailles
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Louis XIV had this beautiful palace built just outside of Paris
